Elevated Ferritin Levels

[sidne3e]

Hi guys , hope you are all well, i have just received my blood results as i have been feeling really lethargic recently and i was wondering if anybody can give me some insight into what is going on with my body.

The first red flag i saw on my results were the Serum Ferritin Levels which are supposed to be between (10.0 - 322.0) mine were 5082 !

Can anybody shed some light on this

Appreciate it . Thanks

[SueJohnson]

Is that 5,082 or 508.2?

[sidne3e in reply to SueJohnson]

5082ug/L

[Joolsg]

If that's 5082 and not 508 please speak to your GP tomorrow. 5082 would be very, very high and suggest an inflammatory condition.

[Madlegs1 in reply to Joolsg]

If it was 5082, your doctor would have sent an ambulance straight to your door!😝

[sidne3e in reply to Madlegs1]

take a look

Take a look

[sidne3e in reply to Joolsg]

Seen the GP today and he did the routine checks BP, HR, Temp and said he will refer me to Hepatology

[Joolsg in reply to sidne3e]

That sounds sensible. You definitely need further tests.

[Eryl]

Ferritin is an important inflammation marker. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/245...

[coldfeet7]

Did the lab report flag it as out of range?

[sidne3e in reply to coldfeet7]

yes they did

ferritin results

[sidne3e]

I would also like to show the rest of my blood results if anybody can shed some light that would be great

Liver and Vit D

Liver and Vit D

[sidne3e]

Urea and electrolytes

Urea and electrolytes

[sidne3e]

Full Blood Count

blood work

[coldfeet7]

Look at this information about abnormally high Serum Ferritin. After reading this, I would be asking your Dr to explain your results. It is hard to believe they didn't act on this, but I am not a Dr so maybe they are aware of some extenuating circumstances?

bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h3692

[Madlegs1]

Have you had a serious illness/ or major accident involving large doses of blood infusions.?

Otherwise the first test is to determine Haemocromatosis.

Good luck.